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Title:
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A Split Analysis of Caki-binding in Korean
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Author:
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Kihong Lim
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Email:
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Degree Awarded:
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University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
, Department of Linguistics
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Degree Date:
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1998
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Linguistic Subfield(s):
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Syntax
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Subject Language(s):
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Korean
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Director(s):
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William O'Grady
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Abstract:
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A number of works on anaphor interpretation have proposed the division of labor between local and long distance binding. The unanimous view in these proposals is that constraints on long distance binding are not syntactic by nature but semantic and pragmatic, whereas local binding must be treated with syntax. In this study, I will propose an analysis of a Korean reflexive pronoun caki based on this view.
As regards local caki-binding, I take those previous claims that the argument structure of a predicate is the local domain to be essentially correct. However, an analysis which invokes some notions of syntactic tree structure representation in a categorial grammar will be particularly advocated due to its empirical and theoretical plausibility.
Drawing on some previous analyses based on semantic and discourse notions, I will identify long distance caki's antecedent as an NP whose referent is the one from whose viewpoint the speaker speaks.
I will also provide an account of the variable construal associated with caki. Following Fiengo and May (1994), I will assume that the conditions on bound variable are not coextensive with those on sloppy identity. This assumption will provide a clue to the puzzle of why only caki can be bound by quantified NPs, whereas both caki and the pronoun ku can be read sloppily under ellipsis.
This study will take into consideration the 'second person' use of caki. It will be pointed out that the second person use of caki is similar to the long distance bound yourself in English, in that both have the effect of conveying politeness. I will argue that the explanation of this effect just follows if we employ the notion of empathy in accounting for caki-binding.
Chapter 2 provides an overview of some previous works on reflexive-interpretation. Chapter 3 proposes an analysis of long distance caki-binding based on some semantic and discourse notions. This chapter also deals with the variable construal associated with caki. Chapter 4 is a discussion of the phenomena exhibited by the second person use of caki.
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